Does anyone know why Chang Xia eats eggs? Are there any other customs? Please thank you on this day.

Eating eggs in the long summer comes from the legend that Nu Wa avoided the summer and has been handed down as a folk custom. Besides, there are other customs in the long summer, such as cooking diced food in summer, weighing people, avoiding sitting on the threshold, breaking eggs and eating caimi.

As the saying goes, "if you eat eggs in the long summer, it will not be summer when it is hot." According to legend, since the long summer, the weather has been sunny, warm and hot, and many people, especially children, are tired, their appetite has decreased, and their weight has gradually lost, which is called "summer". Nu Wa Niangniang told people that in the long summer, cooked chicken, duck and goose eggs hung on their chests to escape the heat.

Summer usually begins in April of the lunar calendar. The ancients thought that eggs were round and symbolized a complete life. Long summer can pray for peace in summer by eating eggs. "Eating eggs in the long summer can prevent common summer symptoms such as loss of appetite, fatigue and weight loss.

Long summer eats the most. Eating an egg is equivalent to eating a chicken. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eggs are flat, replenish qi deficiency, and have the effect of calming the nerves and nourishing the heart. Eating eggs when you are sick helps to restore your strength. In the past, when living conditions were not very good, eating a long summer egg was not only a reward before hard work, but also an expectation of peace and harvest.